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Just getting to the point of finishing up my 2005 Mustang. Hope you like it.It has a simple interior and the steering wheel is connected to the front wheels as you would expect.

Same drive controls as the Panel Van.

Suggestions for other vehicles are welcome.

Have a 1951 Bentley Continental started and a bunch of other cars that were once in the store but are being redone with simple interiors similar to my 1951 Chevy Panel Van.

Just waiting on Ted to free up from his busy day work to get on to these. Have to say it is always worth the wait. :-)

Man that guys knows materials like no one else!

Regards, Tom

Very nice Tom!! Wish you or someone else would create an image using this and post it in the Galleries.

I also wish this car was waiting out front for me to drive home:)

Great job as always!

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Hi kristi,

Did you look in the driveway today? it should have been there by now.....

The Mustang is looking sweet...

Looking forward to the Bentley Continental, et al, to follow too, Tom. 

But yes, it is worth the wait, for BB to do their mats

Slick looking car there. Can't wait to get my mits on it :o)

                                                                                                                    

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When did you send it? I think someone might have stolen my car!!! cries

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Don't worry Kristi,

I'll just get another one sent over!

Tom :-)

YAY!! Thanks so much Tom :)

You're the best!!

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If it were Screaming Yellow it would look like the one in my driveway..also you can lose the FORD on the hood, because the mustang is probably the only car where you have to hunt to find the manufacture name..(hint it's on the faux gas cap)

 

sweet can't wait to get it in my runtime

You might as well PAY attention, because you can't afford FREE speech

> Quote - If it were Screaming Yellow it would look like the one in my driveway..also you can lose the FORD on the hood, because the mustang is probably the only car where you have to hunt to find the manufacture name..(hint it's on the faux gas cap) > >   > > sweet can't wait to get it in my runtime

 

As always it is a hideable part as are most of the items you see in the image, including the scoop.

Glas you like it. :-)

Tom

Any chance on seeing a 1979 MG Midget if you're casting for ideas?

D.

The "I" in Doric is Silent.

 

How about my first car? It was a '52 Desoto. Of course mine was missing all the chrome and there was a bullet hole in the driver's side rear quarter panel.

That Mustang looks amazing.

If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.

Maybe, as that was my Moms dream car. :-)

Will put it on the possible list.

Tom

Thanks rokket,

Sounds like you grew up in a rough hood. Not even sure what a 52 Desoto looks like but will google it. Would most likely add chrome to it or Ted would kill me. :-(

Tom

Quote - Maybe, as that was my Moms dream car. :-)

Will put it on the possible list.

Tom

If you need pics, I own one.

D.

The "I" in Doric is Silent.

 

XXX what I need is orthographic views of the top, side, front, and back. They need to be of a car with the top on as I don't do convertables as of yet. trying to keep the poly count down as that is the whole motivation behind these cars.

Got tired of people who think it is okay to build cars that are pushing a million polygons and forgeting the fact that maybe someone might want something other than just a car in a scene. :-)

Tom

A blue print is preferable even if it is covered with dimensions. :-) Which is a good thing.

I'd go for a 1952 Desoto, having Googled what that looks like.... is this it below?

It was a defunked Chysler line of vehicles that was dropped around the early fifties. I like it, but have not been able to fine a blue print of it like mensioned above.

Lovwe the rear fenders on this car. More work but worth the effort.

Here is an image I found on the net.

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another

one more

I may not be able to purchase it (virtual and esp in real life)

1963 or 1965 Split-Window Corvette Stingray....

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Yeah, this black beauty looks like mine, the rear bumper is there on my old car, and the front bumper was held on with bailing wire, but the whole front grill and everything else was gone.

I liked it because when the old man brought it home for me, I was 5'9" tall and able to lay down in the back seat on my back. My head and feet didn't touch either door. I knew then what that car was designed for.... ;)

If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.

Quote - Thanks rokket,

Sounds like you grew up in a rough hood. Not even sure what a 52 Desoto looks like but will google it. Would most likely add chrome to it or Ted would kill me. :-(

Tom

No, I grew up in the country, miles out of town. The original owner of the car used it to run shine in the old days. The revenuers shot at him once, but they never did catch him. When I got the car, there was a Ford 302 from a 74 Fairlane in there. The orginal engine was hot rodded and it blew up on the guy and ended his shine running days.

If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.

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dlfurman,

don't really care for the corvette that much and seeing is I really need to be inspired to get through one of these I would have to say I will probably not model one of those. Sorry to disappoint. :-(

 

rokket,

Ahhhh the days of running shine........

Just like it was yesterday. :-)

Worked with a guy here in Michigan who used to run shine. Quite a character.

Here is another render of the Mustang. Just about done with it. This is my first rigging of a car and have to say, I am satisfied with it. Not as hard as I thought it was going to be.:-)

Sorry Phil really hate to cut you out of the work but I just could not help myself, being the curious guy that I am. Do have to give you credit for what you taught me about rigging. :-)

Tom

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dlfurman,

don't really care for the corvette that much and seeing is I really need to be inspired to get through one of these I would have to say I will probably not model one of those. Sorry to disappoint. :-(

 

rokket,

Ahhhh the days of running shine........

Just like it was yesterday. :-)

Worked with a guy here in Michigan who used to run shine. Quite a character.

Here is another render of the Mustang. Just about done with it. This is my first rigging of a car and have to say, I am satisfied with it. Not as hard as I thought it was going to be.:-)

Sorry Phil really hate to cut you out of the work but I just could not help myself, being the curious guy that I am. Do have to give you credit for what you taught me about rigging. :-)

Tom

Beautiful render, and kudos for the rigging. It's nice to see the tires turned like that. Makes the model seem more life-like.

 

I never met the guy who ran shine with my car. But the guy who sold it to my dad knew him... he said the same thing about him. Quite a character.

If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.

This was my family car, as a kid in the 1970s... an Austin Cambridge:

The one my dad had was exactly like the one pictured. A little rustier in places perhaps. He got a Vauxhall Viva after the Cambridge got past being serviceable... although I believe the scrap merchant who he sold the Cambridge on to proceeded to renovate it, rather than scrap it.

No bullet holes, thanks to the much lower numbers of guns, and therefore gun crime, or the need for the use of guns in crime fighting, here. As a kid I just had to make believe the more holed rust patches were bullet holes.

I guess, also, we've never had any prohibition on alcohol, to speak of...

If I ever get a bit better at modelling, I'll probably have a go at modelling this... and some other vintage British cars... as I don't expect you'll be up for this one, Tom?

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Here is another Black Paint render that shows the car with out the morphable scoop.

The spoiler is morphable as well.  Wiper work as you can see.

The logo on the sides is hidden as well.

Tom

Cool. Nice work Tom

Quote - If I ever get a bit better at modelling, I'll probably have a go at modelling this... and some other vintage British cars... as I don't expect you'll be up for this one, Tom?

DO IT! DO IT! DO IT!

We need some classic British cars!

I'm having a go at a Ford Cortina at the moment, but it's going slow, bit short on time at the moment...

But I'd love a Wolseley, or a Riley, or a Vanguard (which, strangely enough, looks a little like the DeSoto), a Sunbeam Rapier, a Morris Minor, a Hillman Hunter, an Austin A40, a Rover P5, a Humber Super Snipe, a Singer Gazelle...

(I'd better stop - I'm getting a bit carried away...)

awesome work !

heres my request lol ......

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Actually thinking about doing a Mad Max type of car, with weapons that come up out of the hood, doors and, trunk if any one is interested. Maybe iron bars all around it for ramming purposes. :-) 

Just for fun, as I am not a violent person.

Here is a render of the Mustang in white, with blue accents.

Tom

Nice job on that Tom!  Really good looking Mustang you have there.  I couldn't find your Camaro when I was looking for it, what happened to it? 

 

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It is coming.

Here is a test render of it.

Won't  be too long I hope.

Shown with all options showing.

This is an old render as I have had it in moth balls for several months.

Tom

Thanks Tom!  I thought for some reason it was all ready in your store.  :smile;

It sure is a good looker!

 

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Hi John,

It was in the store until I realized how bad the car finish was. That was when I got introduced to Ted. So I removed all my cars from the store until I could rebuild the cars with simple interiors and create new shaders for the cars.

So they are all coming back in the store as new products, one by one, starting with the Mustang.

Tom

Looks nice.

Just one question/suggestion: Will the tires have a bit of bulge (as a morph) on the sides along the bottom like real tires have?

I only ask because I don't think I've ever seen a vehicle for Poser with that, which has the effect of making it look like the car has no weight to it.

 

Eh, I'll still pick this up, living in a place where the road to home would be murder on a Mustang (and impossible in the winter) means I have to make do with a digital one. ;P

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Hi modus0,

That is a good idea, but would not be practicle as the wheels need to turn. Sorry.

Tom

Could it be done as a UV-based displacement?

Set up so that the bottom of the tire has a bit of displacement to simulate the bulge, which should (AFAIK) keep it always on the bottom.

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Hi modus0,

I am just about finished with this product and will not be making any more changes to it. Also there are two material zones on the tires and the geometry is split where the two come together so using a displacement is only going to spread them apart and make a hole.

Sorry. :-)

Here is the latest render hot off the press. :-)

Hope you like it.

Tom

Quote - Hi modus0,

I am just about finished with this product and will not be making any more changes to it. Also there are two material zones on the tires and the geometry is split where the two come together so using a displacement is only going to spread them apart and make a hole.

Sorry. :-)

Here is the latest render hot off the press. :-)

Hope you like it.

Tom

 

Tom,

I've been watching this thread since it started and the images you have been posting are awesome. Just a question, what setting are you using for these renders?

Thanks.

Nice!  And if you're taking requests.... I've been begging modelers for a good 69 Dodge Charger for a couple of years now.  :)

...... Kendra

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Hi Kendra,

Is this what you had in mind? Now all I have to do is get it to jump in my computor.

Actually what I need now, is a blueprint as that car is pretty sweet.

Tom

Un check remove backfacing polygons

Very close, but without the hood vent.  (I'm thinking General Lee)  :)   There was one in the mp but it didn't appear to be custom texture friendly.  

...... Kendra

Another image of my 2009 Camaro.

Shown here will all the options showing.

The hood scoop morphs as well as the Rear Spoiler.

And another with them hidden and a different color scheme.

Hope you like it.

More cars on the way. :-)

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Just about done with my 1937 Buick Special with police options so it can be the good guys car or the bad guys car.

Rigged search light

Working top dome lights that spin. Red and Blue.

Yes I know I have a california plate on a Michigan Sheriff car. :-) Will fix

Also going to have an option to have the word Police on the sides instead of the Michigan sheriff Logo.

Michigan plate or California plate

Can put yopur own in the shader if you like.

45 color choices using bagginsbills new shaders due out soon.

Hope you like it.

On display now at the mall as part of a collectors show. :-)

Tom

Looking good Tom

Thank you Mr. Cloud.

:-)

Tom

Here is an early look many my 39 Ford Coupe.

Tom

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Where did you get the image for the EnvSphere?

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There are tons of them on Flicker.

Can only use certain ones for commercial work though...    :-(

Tom

Thanks! Guess I'm just dissatisfied with the images I currently have loaded into my Panoramics folder.

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Try ones that are at least 6,000 x 3,000 but 8,000 or 10,000 would be obviously better.

Tom

Since I mostly do pinups or as of late, V4 textures for possible sale in the store, the EnvSphere is not visible in the image. I use it for IDL bouncing and reflections. I keep looking for a panaramic that is skin friendly but will not distort the texture's color. As you know for promo images in the store we cannot use postwork.

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Have you tried just making your own image with a mock sky the color you want and adding some objects to the image that would reflect well? In other words build your own image as long as it is just for relections and image lighting?

Tom

A skin friendly panorama? You mean one that doesn't cause a blue tint?

Why don't you just decrease the saturation? I have it set up in the HSV node - if you lower it all the way to 0, the panorama becomes black-and-white and you will get no tint from the sky.

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Hadn't tried taking down the the saturation. I've not been getting a blue tint. It's been more of an orange tint, but I also have the saturation of my body texture on 1.10. I've taken the saturation down on the panoramic and on my body texture and doing some test renders. Thanks for the suggestion!

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Tom:

The Mustang is gorgeous!  Great job.

I am dying to get my hands on a 1963 Corvette Sting Ray.  It is my all-time favorite car, very rare as they only made the split rear window for one year.  The only high quality model I have found for purchase is about $225US, and that's a bit much for a virtual toy.

Let me know if I can add any encouragement or assist in any way, e.g. rounding up photos.  Or if anyone comes across a less expensive model somewhere, please holler!

Thanks!

  ~ Russ 

Hi Russ,

I will most likely not be building a Corvette Sting Ray.  I am not the one to build it as I really like cars from the 30's through the 50's.

Do not want to give you false hope.

Never say never, though. The problem is always this.

I need an orthographic view of the top side front and back to be able to build these cars.

The images do not work if there is any perspective in the view. Distorts the dimensions.

Think blueprints of a good quality and size.

If you can come up with the blueprints then yes, maybe I can build that car.

I do simple interiors to keep the poly count down, as that is why I started to build cars in the first place. No convertables at this time, and the dorrs do not open and no engine.

Do not like it when a modeler thinks it is okay to hog the whole scene by building a car that is pushing a million polygons. Then there is not room for people in the scene and Poser has it limits, as well as a hobbiest system.

Hope you understand. :-)

Tom

Attached Link: Here is my store.

My Mustang is now in the store...

Awesome - thanks Tom ;-)

On my wishlist... from the blurb I notice there's going to be a BagginsBill merchant resource set of shaders: can't wait for that!

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Quote - I need an orthographic view of the top side front and back to be able to build these cars.

 

Tom:

How about this?

<Just kidding!>

  ~ Russ 

LOL

That starts my day off great!

Thanks Russ! :-)

Tom

Would like to thank Brett Barrett for the render for my site images.

Shown here with all options showing.

Beautuful work my friend! :-)

Tom

Quote - Tom:

How about this?

<Just kidding!>

  ~ Russ 

He he. That looks like it has been trampled by Godzilla... or one of those giant squirrels ;-)

The figure is nicely setup, with dials for everything you might want to do with a car.

My favorite is a dial that moves the car forward and backward while the wheels spin accurately to the movement.  the front wheels also turn in unison with the steering wheel. Lots of nice paint shaders and racing stripe shaders.

A nice addition to my runtime :)

> Quote - ..also you can lose the FORD on the hood, because the mustang is probably the only car where you have to hunt to find the manufacture name..(hint it's on the faux gas cap)

I've had my '02 for years and I NEVER noticed this. It does not have the Ford logo anywhere. Has a bunch of pony logos on it though! Very excellent modeling Dreamland!

Here is where I came up with the idea.

I have noticed that people in the Poserverse like options so that is why there is a FORD option on the hood.

Plus I like it my self.  :-)

Tom

Quote - Here is where I came up with the idea.

I have noticed that people in the Poserverse like options so that is why there is a FORD option on the hood.

Plus I like it my self.  :-)

Tom

Cool. Although... that render's not quite as realistic as your other promos Tom ;-)

Quote - Here is where I came up with the idea.

I have noticed that people in the Poserverse like options so that is why there is a FORD option on the hood.

Plus I like it my self.  :-)

Tom

Like it! ^ ^

:-)

I think the lettering was originally done on SHELBY models, but then it was adapted for the aftermarket crowd.... I like having the opition to use or hide things... thanks Tom!

In the end, what ever makes the render look cool is all that matters :)

The car in that photo looks pretty cool, white with silver stripes is not all that common.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hey all who bought the Mustang already. You caught a break this time. Just realized I priced it wrong by a few bucks. Should have been what it is now. $14.95. Marked it $11.95 for some dumb reason. :-(

It is now on sale at 10% off but the Retail price has been corrected to $14.95.

On sale at $13.75.

Sorry for those who have not bought it yet, but I had to get it right.

Regards, Tom

My Camaro is finally in the store. :-)

Tom

Awesome :-)